He had numerous small appearances in television shows throughout the 1960s and '70s, including Mission: Impossible, Hawaiian Eye, and The Big Valley. In the 1970s, Makee appeared in the lurid exploitation film The Manson Murders, which also had Sean Kenney in the cast list. He starred as the title character in Johnny Lingo, a short made by Brigham Young University, which has since become a cult favorite in Mormon cinema.